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British Museum Special: The Silk Roads

South Asia Through The Ages: The Sir Joseph Hotung Gallery

12m

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    British Museum Curator St John Simpson talks about the Sasanian empire, the Silk Road and new archaeological evidence for trade and movement across the frontiers of Late Antiquity.

  • The Silk Roads: Ideas and Religion

    Frances Wood, SOAS Research Associate gives a talk on the importance of the Silk Roads in the movement of ideas and religions across Central Asia, from Buddhism to Nestorian Christianity.